Paradise on Fire

Ninth Ward

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period

The Last Boy at St. Edith's

Frankie and Amelia

Twisted

Just Jaime

Bad Apple

From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks in a classroom of students who cannot remember the event but live through the aftermath of its cultural shift.

When her fifth-grade teacher hints that a series of lessons about home and community will culminate with one big answer about two tall towers once visible outside their classroom window, Dèja can't help but feel confused. She sets off on a journey of discovery, with new friends Ben and Sabeen by her side. But just as she gets closer to answering big questions about who she is, what America means, and how communities can grow (and heal), she uncovers new questions, too. Like, why does Pop get so angry when she brings up anything about the towers?

Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes tells a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness this defining moment in history, but begin to realize how much it colors their every day.

Friendship

Towers Falling

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Paradise on Fire

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Ninth Ward

Jewell Parker Rhodes, 2010

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period

Gennifer Choldenko, 2007

The Last Boy at St. Edith's

Lee Gjertsen Malone, 2016

Frankie and Amelia

Cammie Mcgovern, 2021

Twisted

R.L. Stine, 1987

Just Jaime

Terri Libenson, 2019

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T. R. Burns, 2012